Put this in the "Double-yoo Tee Eff" Category

[vengeant]

ECW coming back to life... on the Sci-Fi Channel?!?!?!?!?!?!?

ECW? "Extreme Chamiponship Wrestling" on a science fiction channel? Seriously, What the fuck!

Oh, here's a quote from Wikipedia that clears it up: "Although a puzzling decision, Sci Fi Channel's President Bonnie Hammer believed that ECW would fit the channel's theme of stretching the

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[cheruvim]

Then they are confused... They advertised it as a new BREED of human beings... They're wrestlers... how are they a new BREED of human beings that are going to expand my mind.

Entertain me, yes.. but not exactly educational.

[vengeant]

Sure, they're a new BREED of humans! They're humans with muscles instead of brains!

[cheruvim]

Not so new then, I suppose

[brianjedi]

It makes a little more sense if you realize that USA owns Sci-Fi, and apparently the thought was that having ECW on the same network as the WWF would be confusing.

I'm still excited about it.

(And Bonnie Hammer canceled MST3K, so I'm no fan of hers.)

[vengeant]

Well, it also helps to know that USA Networks have the exclusive rights to air WWE shows, and that ECW is now a part of the WWE Family.

And yeah, I'll probably tune in and watch. But it doesn't help Sci-Fi Channel get any better science fiction on the air.